n. 荡妇, 水性杨花的女人

a. 恶意的, 不负责任的, 无节制的, 嬉戏的, 繁茂的, 淫荡的

vi. 变化无常, 嬉戏, 闲荡, 放肆

vt. 挥霍

[法] 胡乱的, 放纵的, 任性的

Wanton \Wan"ton\, v. t.
To cause to become wanton; also, to waste in wantonness.
[Obs.]


Wanton \Wan"ton\, n.
1. A roving, frolicsome thing; a trifler; -- used rarely as a
term of endearment.

I am afeard you make a wanton of me. --Shak.

Peace, my wantons; he will do
More than you can aim unto. --B. Jonson.

2. One brought up without restraint; a pampered pet.

Anything, sir,
That's dry and wholesome; I am no bred wanton.
--Beau. & Fl.

3. A lewd person; a lascivious man or woman.


Wanton \Wan"ton\, a. [OE. wantoun, contr. from wantowen; pref.
wan- wanting (see {Wane}, v. i.), hence expressing negation +
towen, p. p., AS. togen, p. p. of te['o]n to draw, to
educate, bring up; hence, properly, ill bred. See {Tug}, v.
t.]
1. Untrained; undisciplined; unrestrained; hence, loose;
free; luxuriant; roving; sportive. ``In woods and wanton
wilderness.'' --Spenser. ``A wild and wanton herd.''
--Shak.

A wanton and a merry [friar]. --Chaucer.

[She] her unadorned golden tresses wore
Disheveled, but in wanton ringlets waved. --Milton.

How does your tongue grow wanton in her praise!
--Addison.

2. Wandering from moral rectitude; perverse; dissolute. ``Men
grown wanton by prosperity.'' --Roscommon.

3. Specifically: Deviating from the rules of chastity; lewd;
lustful; lascivious; libidinous; lecherous.

Not with wanton looking of folly. --Chaucer.

[Thou art] froward by nature, enemy to peace,
Lascivious, wanton. --Shak.

4. Reckless; heedless; as, wanton mischief.


Wanton \Wan"ton\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Wantoned}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Wantoning}.]
1. To rove and ramble without restraint, rule, or limit; to
revel; to play loosely; to frolic.

Nature here wantoned as in her prime. --Milton.

How merrily we would sally into the fields, and
strip under the first warmth of the sun, and wanton
like young dace in the streams! --Lamb.

2. To sport in lewdness; to play the wanton; to play
lasciviously.